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Bhagwat Chandrasekhar
Bhagwat Subramanya Chandrasekhar
Born: 17 May 1945, Mysore, Karnataka
Major Teams: Mysore, Karnataka, India.
Known As: Bhagwat Chandrasekhar
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Leg Break
Test Debut: India v England at Bombay, 2nd Test, 1963/64
Last Test: India v England at Birmingham, 1st Test, 1979
Only ODI: India v New Zealand at Auckland, 2nd ODI, 1975/76
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1972
Career Statistics:
TESTS
(career)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 58 80 39 167 22 4.07 0 0 25 0
Balls M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 15963 584 7199 242 29.74 8-79 16 2 65.9 2.70
ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
(career)
M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 1 1 1 11 11* - 84.61 0 0 0 0
Balls M R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
Bowling 56 0 36 3 12.00 3-36 0 0 18.6 3.85
FIRST-CLASS
(career: 1963/64 - 1979/80)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 246 244 114 600 25 4.61 0 0 107 0
R W Ave BBI 5 10
Bowling 25547 1063 24.03 9-72 75 19
LIST A LIMITED OVERS
(career: 1975/76 - 1977/78)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 7 3 2 25 14* 25.00 0 0 1 0
Balls R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
Bowling 420 311 8 38.87 4-61 0 0 52.5 4.44
- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.
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An attack of polio when he was a child left Chandra's right arm
weak, but very flexible at the wrist. That right arm won several
Tests for India, but he always threw with his left hand. He was a
wrist spinner who bowled at near medium pace; playing in an age
in which India appeared to not believe in opening bowlers, he was
sometimes the fastest bowler on the side. His stock ball was
probably the top-spinner or googly; Tony Greig, who played him at
his peak with some success, said that he played Chandra like a
fast off-spinner. He was always unpredictable, often serving up a
mix of long hops and half-volleys punctuated with unplayable
deliveries. He could turn the ball both ways, and combined this
with changes in pace and bounce.
His captains knew that bowling him was generally a gamble. In
1974-75, Tiger Pataudi chose to take that gamble, against the
West Indies at Calcutta. After giving up three fours in two
overs, Chandra bowled danger man Clive Lloyd, and India went on
to win the Test. He bowled India to wins over England at the Oval
in 1971, and Australia at Melbourne in 1977-78, as well as quite
a few Tests at home.
In recognition of his complete lack of ability with the bat, the
Australian team presented him with a bat with a hole in the
middle, during the 1977-78 tour. Being a mild person by nature,
he enjoyed the joke. Chandra was a fan of Hindi film music,
especially singer Mukesh. In a Test at home, he took a wicket and
came running up to his team-mates, not to celebrate, but to ask
if they had heard the Mukesh song blaring from a radio in a
section of the stadium. A decade or so after his retirement, he
was involved in a car accident, tragically losing the use of his
legs (Uday Rajan, 1998).
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